Triple Eight Race Engineering
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TeamVodafone is a motor racing team that competes in the V8 Supercar competition in Australia. It is run by Triple Eight Race Engineering, with its main sponsor being Vodafone. The team prides itself as being Brisbane's very own V8 Supercar team.
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Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia originated before the 2004 season. Triple Eight won no less than 12 British Touring Car Championships before 2004, and decided to expand its company. They built a custom-built facility at Bowen Hills (a suburb of Brisbane), and employed 35 people to make a V8 Supercar. They then entered competition in the 2004 season.
Engineers in Brisbane work closely with the Triple Eight Race Engineering staff in the UK. Ford Australia also provides much needed technical and financial support to the team.
In 2007, the team's drivers are Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes. The team won the Bathurst 1000 in 2006, the first victory for Ford in 8 years.
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| Teams contesting the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series | |||||||||
| Stone Brothers Racing | Holden Racing Team | Tasman Motorsport | Ford Performance Racing | Jack Daniel's Racing | WPS Racing | ||||
| 1 Russell Ingall 4 James Courtney |
2 Mark Skaife 22 Todd Kelly |
3 Jason Richards 23 Andrew Jones |
5 Mark Winterbottom 6 Jason Bright |
7 Steven Richards 11 Paul Dumbrell |
8 Max Wilson 10 Jason Bargwanna |
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| Team BOC | Toll HSV Dealer Team | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Fujitsu Racing | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ||||
| 12 John Bowe 14 Brad Jones |
15 Rick Kelly 16 Garth Tander |
17 Steven Johnson 18 Will Davison |
20 Marcus Marshall | 25 Warren Luff 26 Jose Fernandez |
33 Lee Holdsworth 34 Dean Canto |
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| Team Sirromet Wines | Supercheap Auto Racing | Autobarn Racing | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Team Kiwi Racing | |||||
| 39 Alan Gurr 39 Fabian Coulthard 67 Paul Morris |
50 Cameron McConville 51 Greg Murphy |
55 Steve Owen | 88 Jamie Whincup 888 Craig Lowndes |
021 Paul Radisich | |||||
